Seeking by lantern
Before you look at this flower,
it and your mind both rest in stillness.
When you come to look,
its color all at once becomes clear.
“Because all beings are ill, I am ill; if all beings were freed from illness, my illness would end.” — Vimalakīrti Sūtra, chapter on Mañjuśrī’s visit.
Guiding principles and path
I Vow
The vow to leave bondage together with all beings
Seeing suffering, one vows; self and other walk together.
II Doors
Gate of dependent arising · Gate of emptiness
Inquire into emptiness within dependent arising; contemplate dependent arising within emptiness.
III Gates
Turn back · enter emptiness · return to the world
Meeting suffering, turn back; enter emptiness and loosen grasping; return to the world and take it on.
The three gates keep returning; the four paths and four domains interweave.
Institute core: Zen Circle and Daily Chan
Zen Circle as the Institute’s core practice field, Daily Chan as the basis of everyday cultivation.